Read, daughter, read a lot.
You're not going to be smarter for it.
You are going to be something more important: you are going
to be happy with the basics of
this human walk on the earth and the
time: you will be happy with the word,
you are going to respect and love the word,
you are not going to sully it
nor to distort
nor to lie to her.
And you are going to go from the book to the bird
and from the bird to the sky.
Read a lot, daughter, fill your pockets
with poetry and fill your eyes with
the memory and beauty of the centuries.
The world does not go with its markets
to tempt you without breaking a sweat: you are going to be a bone
hard to convince.
That, daughter, read a lot.
Earth time is a wonderful miracle,
Don't be convinced otherwise.
Another thing: I love you.
Again: read, read a lot.
Fill your lungs with musical air,
I said your word singing.